'Easy enough,' replied the lady's maid, 'as I helped her to dress, she made me take out her prettiest morning frock, and moreover put on white stockings and her nice little bronze slippers. And I pretty well know what that means,' added the soubrette, archly nodding her head, as she tripped upstairs, leading the way to her young mistress's sitting room.
There the young captain was neither unexpected nor unwelcome. We need not retire, as did the discreet Lucy after ushering in the guest, but remain witnesses to the affection, not to say transport, with which he was received by Miss Eliza Bonham.
'My own darling Alfred,' she exclaimed as she flung herself into his arms, kissing him most rapturously, 'how good of you to answer my note so quickly!'
Nor was the young gentleman one whit behind hand in reciprocating her profession of love. He glued his mouth to hers, pressed her to his breast, and even began with his right hand, which he purposely disengaged, to make a demonstration towards the lower part of her person. But this performance Eliza eluded, not from any dislike to the proceeding-oh, no! but from prudential motives.
'Stop, stop sir!' she laughingly exclaimed, 'not so fast, if you please-I understood you came here to talk over a disagreeable business matter; and besides, Alfred dear, you really must cover your beautiful instrument with that sheath, or condom, or whatever you call it. I have no notion of having a pretty white belly bow-windowed before marriage! — indeed I shan't particularly care about it after marriage!'
But the gallant young officer had not driven over from the barracks for nothing, and begged to assure his beautiful cousin that in his present state of mind and body, it would be quite impossible for him to give proper attention to any serious business, until his burning love for her received some temporary gratification, (the plain English of this being that he had a tremendous cock-stand, and felt that if it was not allayed pretty quickly that he must burst), and that as for the sheath, she might set her mind quite at rest, for he had brought a dozen with him.
'A dozen!' exclaimed Eliza, lifting up her eyes and hands in pretended astonishment, 'what on earth does the man mean by bringing a dozen?
You are not going to fuck me a dozen times, I can tell you that, sir! And I don't want my waiting maid spoilt, mind that, and who else you intend to favour, of course I don't know-'
Here her speech was brought to an abrupt termination by her cousin covering her mouth with kisses and begging her to seat herself in a low easy chair, while he prepared himself for the promised treat. Fastening the door was a precaution taken as a matter of course, for Lucy knew that it was as much as her place was worth, to permit any intrusion in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Bonham was not to arrive until the following day.
Coat off and trousers down, Alfred produced a bundle of safeguards, and selecting one of the filmy looking coverings, besought his lovely cousin to put it on for him. Of course he could have put it on himself perfectly well, but he was too great an epicure to miss any piquant delicacy in the approaching banquet. Accordingly, Eliza's delicate fingers as she performed the required office, added new fire to his already terribly inflamed prick, so that the scarlet knob absolutely turned purple and the whole nine inches, from the hardened balls to the orifice at the end, throbbed with excited lust. This was heightened by Eliza's appearance for, (being almost as eager as her gallant cousin, and that's saying a great deal), as she seated herself she drew up her clothes, and put one of her splendid legs over the chair on which she sat. Consequently, her rump being advanced quite to the extreme edge of the cushions, she made a most admirable display; her excitement and her lover's embraces had produced the usual result, and the lips of her cunt were slightly opened, temptingly inviting an entrance; while her bushy black hair showed off to advantage the creamy whiteness of her belly and thighs.
No wonder that as soon as the condom was securely put on, Captain Torrant fell down on his knees, and expressed his adoration of the shrine he was going to enter by covering it with amorous kisses. Under this treatment, the pink-lined portals expanded more and more and as Eliza flung back her head with a smile and a sigh, the young officer saw that the auspicious moment had arrived-not that he was an unwelcome visitor at any time in the mossy retreat, so getting his charger well in hand, he put his head straight for the gap and rushed hi. It was indeed a short-lived pleasure as may be conceived: the fact being that the gentleman was in that state of lust that two or three judicious rubs from the hand of his fair cousin would have released his evacuation; and as for the lady, if her hot lover had continued on his knees before her, kissing her cunt one half minute longer, he would have had some warm cream over his moustache, of a kind not generally sold by Rose or Gillingwater. So three good shoves, actually only three, did the business most effectually, and, no doubt to their great mutual satisfaction. But there was no mistake as to Miss Bonham's prudent regard to the sheath, or the Captain's good sense in acceding to her wishes.
For his beautiful antagonist met his attack so grandly and discharged her battery so promptly in reply to his, that if the latter had not been retained by the discreet covering, very serious consequences to the lady would have almost inevitably made themselves apparent in nine months' time or thereabouts.
And in our humble opinion gratification is not increased by running any risk. On the present occasion both Miss Bonham and her lover congratulated themselves on having enjoyed each other thoroughly, and without any fear of the result.
Their extreme transports being over for the present, the young gentleman applied himself to putting his dress in order, while Eliza rang the bell and desired Lucy to send up the lunch.
While this acceptable refreshment was being done justice to, the loving pair proceeded to consider what was to be done in regard to Mr.
Bonham's infatuation. Captain Torrant's first step was prompt and business like. He told his man Robert, a smart soldier, to take a walk through the fields in the neighbourhood of the Fieldings' farm, and, by getting into conversation with some of the farm lasses, he would most likely find out something as to Miss Rosa, the great probability being that the old dame would not be able to keep her mouth shut, but would have been dropping boastful hints as to her daughter's great prospects, being made a grand lady of, and so on.
'Find out this for me if you can Bob,' said his generous master, 'and I will give you free liberty to do what you like by way of amusing yourself with any of the girls.'
'Cert'nly sir, thank you sir,' replied that valuable domestic, saluting as he marched away on his errand.
Leaving him for a while to enjoy his country walk, we will attend at the consultation between the lovers.
'You see, my darling Alfred,' began Eliza, 'I fear there is considerable truth in these reports that are going about. I don't believe all I hear about the girl's beauty.'
'Oh, of course not,' said the Captain, inwardly chuckling.
'I dare say she is a pretty, dowdy doll; but when a man of my father's age makes a fool of himself, he does it with a vengeance. And if you were to speak to him seriously on the subject, he would ask you what business it was of yours, quarrel with you, and perhaps cut you out of his will, or turn you out of the house and forbid our marriage.'
'That would never do,' interposed the young gentleman warmly.
'No indeed, dearest Alfred,' replied the lady looking at him warmly and lovingly.
'What plan would you propose then my pet?' asked he, 'supposing that your governor does contemplate making a jolly jackass out of himself in his old age?'
'Well, Alfred, if he could be put out of conceit with the girl in some way-if he found anything against her character-something to disgust him in short-'
'I perceive,' replied Captain Torrant reflectively, 'but there is some danger. In the first place, proof may be very difficult to get to support the accusation; and in the second place any one setting such reports on foot would be liable to heavy damages.'
'Pooh, pooh,' replied Eliza, 'you have plenty of young scamps among your brother officers who would be delighted with the chance of taking a pretty girl's maidenhood. Only let me find out her address, and then you can give one of your friends the information, and let him make her acquaintance and seduce her; fuck her well, get her with child-anything-so that she is quite ruined and spoilt as to any purpose of becoming a stepmother to me.'
To this hopeful scheme, the gentleman assented, merely remarking that it would never do 'to trust any of our fellows with such a delicate business.'
'I see how it is sir,' exclaimed Eliza, 'you think that if there is any maidenhood taking to be done, you can do it pretty well yourself. And so you can, I can testify; only I think that your regard for me, that you profess so largely about, might keep you from straying after such a nonsensical baby-faced doll.'
'My darling Eliza, I did not propose to do anything of the kind,' replied the aggrieved dragoon, 'I merely said
